Sorry for the late reply.
I'm going to say something stupid now :lol: .
The lightest of my three Jazz Sounds is the Olympic White one, which is also the cheapest, lowest model of the three (JB45). It weighs
8.3lbs, which actually makes it the lightest bass I've
ever owned (well, until I bought
this recently :wink
...
Anyway, I have to admit that I changed the standard pickups for Nordtstrand NJ4s, right after I got it
. Acoustically, the bass really sang, but the standard pickups (with tiny plastic-covered wires) sounded weak to my ears. Now, it really sings, resonates, sustains and gives me what I
imagine to be the true 'pre-CBS Fender Jazz' tone!?
In fact, as I've found my ideal 'Fender Jazz', I'm now thinking about selling off my other Tokai Jazz Sound (the black JB45/60 pictured above, don't know the exact model), as I have to cut back my bass collection to just three units .
The metallic red one in this picture was a truly amazing collector's Tokai - a minty condition (apart from some fret wear/stoning) JB60, but I let it go because it weighed a full 9.5lbs
!
So, know you can see why my honesty was so 'stupid'. Soon I'll be offering my (95% original) black Jazz Sound for sale and every serious Tokai enthusiast will have read this post and realised that I'm selling it because (to me at least) it's not 'the best' Tokai I've got :-? .
Still, I'm fanatically pedantic, so no normal person would care to split the hairs that I split when I get involved in searching for 'the perfect bass' :lol: .
Hope that answers your question.